Solar Solutions AG takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your personal data only in accordance with this privacy policy and the relevant statutory provisions, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “DS-GMO“).

The following privacy policy applies to the processing of your personal data when using our website (hereinafter referred to as the “website“).


1. USE OF OUR OFFERS

1.1 General information about the use of our website
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When using our website, we process such personal data that your browser transmits to our server. These include the IP address, date and time of the request, Greenwich mean time (GMT) time zone difference, content of the request (the concrete page), the access status or HTTP status code, the amount of data transmitted, the website from which the Requirement comes, the browser used, the operating system and its interface as well as language and version of the browser software. Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GMO. The processing of the data enables the presentation of our website and serves in particular to ensure its stability and security.

1.2  Google Analytics

On our websites, we use Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIp”, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“ Google”). As a result, IP addresses of Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area will be shortened further processed. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. A personal reference can thus be excluded. Insofar as the data collected about you is assigned a personal reference, it will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

The legal basis for our use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GMO. On our behalf, Google will use the data obtained to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website usage and internet usage. The purpose of the processing is to analyze and optimize our website.

You can prevent the storage of cookies through appropriate settings in your browser, for example by generally deactivating the automatic setting of cookies. In this case, functions of this website may no longer be used properly. In addition, you may prevent the collection of the data related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as their transmission to and processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

For more information about Google's data collection and processing, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy, which can be found at  www.google.com/policies/privacy

1.3 Social media

We do not use social media plug-ins. However, at various points on our website, we offer you the opportunity to visit our social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you click on the respective logo or the name of a social network, you will be forwarded via a link to our respective website.

Before you click on the respective logos or links, no personal data will be transmitted to the social networks. The possibility of personal data being transmitted to and processed by the respective social network only exists from the moment you click on the logo on our website and are forwarded to the social network website. In particular, if you are logged in with your respective social media account at the time of forwarding, personal data processing will occur. In addition, however, data – such as your IP address – can be processed if you do not have a social media account.We have no influence on the collected data and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full extent of data collection, the purpose of the processing, the retention periods. We also have no information to delete the data collected by the respective social network.

1.4 Integration of YouTube videos

Videos are included on our website that are stored on the video platform https://www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website.

When you visit a page on our website that incorporates a YouTube video, you will be connected to the Google servers. This will communicate data to Google, such as which page on our site the video was viewed by you. If you have an account with Youtube / Google and are logged in, the aforementioned information will be assigned to your user account. If you use the Youtube video embedded on our website, for example by clicking on “Play”, this information will also be assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your user account before using our website and deleting corresponding cookies from Youtube / Google.

For more information on the purpose and scope of data processing by YouTube, see Google's Privacy Policy. There you will also find more information about your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy:  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Youtube also processes your personal data in different countries around the world.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GMO. It serves to optimize our offer.

1.6 Integration of Google Maps

On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly in the website and allow you to conveniently use the map feature.

By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data referred to in point 1.1 of this declaration will be transmitted. This happens regardless of whether you have a user account on Google and if you are logged into this user account. When you're logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such evaluation will be carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide appropriate advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the formation of these user profiles, and you must comply with this right to Google to exercise this right.

For more information on the purpose and scope of Google's data collection and processing, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy. You can also find more information about your rights and privacy settings here:  http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy  . Google also processes your personal information in the United States and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield,  https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US  Framework.The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GMO. It serves to optimize our offer.

1.7 Newsletters

You have the opportunity to order our newsletter on our website and on various other occasions. Our newsletter contains specific information about our range of services, additional service packages and up-to-date information in connection with our offer. To register, only your e-mail address is required. You may also voluntarily provide additional information, such as your name.

The registration for the newsletter follows the so-called double-opt-in procedure. After entering your e-mail address and, if necessary, your other data, we will send you an e-mail to this address, which we ask you to confirm your registration for the newsletter. Only when you confirm the registration by clicking on a corresponding link, you will be included in our distribution list and receive from this point our newsletter. If confirmation of registration is not received within 24 hours, we will block your information and delete it after one month.

When registering, we store the IP address you used, the time of registration and the time of the confirmation of the registration. This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO and has the purpose of proving your application and, if necessary, to be able to clarify possible misuse of your personal dataIn the case of confirmation of registration for the newsletter, we will store your e-mail address and, if applicable, your other voluntary information in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR to send you our newsletter.

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare the cancellation by clicking on the link provided in each newsletter e-mail, by e-mail to news@aeg-industrialsolar.de or by sending a message to the contact details stated in the imprint.

We point out that when you send the newsletter, we evaluate your user behavior in order to constantly optimize and improve our newsletter. For this evaluation, the e-mails sent include so-called web beacons or tracking pixels. With the data obtained in this way, we create a user profile to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. In doing so, we record when you read our newsletters, which links you click in and conclude your personal interests.

Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO and serves to optimize our services and our offer.

You can prevent the tracking of opening our newsletter if you have disabled the display of images in your e-mail program by default. In this case the newsletter will not be displayed completely and you may not be able to use all the features. If you manually view the images, the above tracking will be complete.

1.8 Contact by e-mail or contact form

When you contact us by e-mail, the information you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number if applicable) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data that arises in this context after the storage is no longer required, or limit the processing if there are statutory retention requirements. The same applies if you use our contact form. All you need to do to contact us is to provide your name and e-mail address. Further information – such as B. Your company and telephone number are optional. Data that you enter in our contact form will be encrypted (SSL) between your browser and our server.

Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) DS-GMO. It is exclusively for processing and answering your request.

2. Disclosure of data
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We only pass on the personal data we collect to third parties if this is justified by data protection law. Concrete information on scope and recipients can be found in the above provisions. Incidentally, we only disclose your personal information to other companies and individuals whom we have assigned to perform individual tasks and services for us. The disclosure of your personal data to these companies is limited to what is necessary to carry out their work. These companies are, as it were, bound by the data protection regulations, have been carefully selected by us and are regularly monitored by us. In addition, we only pass on your personal data to third parties, unless we are legally obliged to do so or by court order.

3. Data security

To protect your personal information, we take steps to protect your information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or destruction. We point out, however, that the transmission of data on the Internet (eg in the case of communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Personal data will only be stored for the period required to achieve the purpose of the storage or as provided by law. Accordingly, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted when the storage purpose is omitted or a statutory period expires

4. Your rights / contact

You have the following rights to Solar Solutions AG regarding your personal data collected by us:
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- Right to information
- Right to rectification or cancellation
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to object to the processing
- Right to data portability.

If you have given consent to the processing of your personal data, you can revoke it at any time. This does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests (Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR), you can object to the processing. In the event of such a disagreement, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the case of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate reasons on which we continue the processing.

You may object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. If you want to exercise your data subject rights or if you have any other questions concerning this Data Privacy Statement, please submit your request to the below contacts:

Your data controller is Solar Solutions GmbH. Contact references:

Solar Solutions GmbH, Brückenstrasse 94, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Phone: +49 (0)69400500810, Fax: +49 (0)69400500819, Email: privacy@aeg-industrialsolar.de.

You also have the right to complain to us about the processing of your personal data by a data protection supervisory authority.

As of: May 2018 (Updated: July 2020)

Solar Solutions GmbH (hereinafter: “Solar Solutions”) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your personal data exclusively in accordance with this data protection declaration and the relevant legal provisions, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: “GDPR”).

The following privacy policy relates to the processing of your personal data when you use our website (hereinafter: “ Website ”).
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1. Use of our offers

1.1 General information about the use of our website

When you use our website, we process personal data that your browser transmits to our server. This includes the IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (the specific page), the access status or HTTP status code, the amount of data transferred, the website from which the Requirements include the browser used, the operating system and its interface as well as the language and version of the browser software. Processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR. The processing of the data enables the presentation of our website and in particular serves to ensure its stability and security.

1.2. Google Analytics

On our websites we use Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIp”, a web analysis service from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: “ Google ”). As a result, IP addresses are further processed by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. A personal reference can therefore be excluded. If the data collected about you is personally related, this will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

The legal basis for our use of Google Analytics is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR. On our behalf, Google will use the data obtained to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. The purpose of the processing is to analyze and optimize our website.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by making appropriate settings in your browser, for example by generally deactivating the automatic setting of cookies. In this case, functions of this website may no longer be able to be used properly. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as its transmission to and processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

Further information about data collection and processing by Google can be found in Google's data protection information, which you can access at www.google.com/policies/privacy .

1.3 Social media

We do not use so-called social media plug-ins. However, at various points on our website we offer you the opportunity to visit our presence on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you click on the respective logo or the name of a social network, you will be redirected to our website via a link.

Before you click on the respective logos or links, no personal data is transmitted to the social networks. The possibility of personal data being transmitted to and processed by the respective social network only exists from the moment you click on the respective logo on our website and are redirected to the social network's website. Personal data is processed in particular if you are logged in to your respective social media account at the time of forwarding. However, data – such as your IP address – can also be processed if you do not have a social media account.

We have no influence on the data collected and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full extent of data collection, the purposes of processing, or the storage periods. We also have no information about the deletion of the data collected by the respective social network.

1.4 Integration of YouTube videos

Videos are embedded on our website that are stored on the video platform https://www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website.

If you access a page on our website that includes a YouTube video, a connection will be established to Google's servers. This sends data to YouTube, such as which page of our website you viewed the video on. If you have a YouTube / Google user account and are logged in there, the above information will be assigned to your user account. If you use the YouTube video embedded on our website, for example by clicking on “Play”, this information will also be assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your user account before using our website and deleting the corresponding cookies from Google / Youtube.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data processing by Vimeo can be found in Vimeo's data protection declaration. There you will also find further information about your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en . Google also processes your personal data in different countries.

The legal basis for processing the data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR. It serves to optimize our offering.

1.5 Integration of Google Maps

On this website we use Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned in section 1.1 of this declaration will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether you have a user account with Google and whether you are logged into this user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want your profile to be associated with Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google can be found in Google's data protection declaration. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy . Google also processes your personal data in the USA and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

The legal basis for processing the data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR. It serves to optimize our offering.

1.6 Newsletters

You have the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter on our website and on various other occasions. Our newsletter contains special information about our range of services, additional service packages and current information in connection with our offer. To register, you only need to provide your email address. You can also provide additional information – such as your name – voluntarily.

Registration for the newsletter takes place using the so-called double opt-in procedure. After entering your email address and, if applicable, your other data, we will send you an email to this address asking you to confirm your registration for the newsletter. Only when you confirm your registration by clicking on a corresponding link will you be added to our mailing list and from then on you will receive our newsletter. If registration is not confirmed within 24 hours, we will block your information and delete it after one month.

When you register, we save the IP address you use, the time of registration and the time of confirmation of registration. This is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR and has the purpose of being able to provide proof of your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data

If you confirm your registration for the newsletter, we will save your email address and, if necessary, your other voluntary information in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR in order to be able to send you our newsletter.

You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by email to news@aeg-industrialsolar.de or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the legal notice.

We would like to point out that when we send the newsletter, we evaluate your user behavior in order to continually optimize and improve our newsletter. For this evaluation, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels. We use the data obtained in this way to create a user profile in order to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. We record when you read our newsletters, which links you click in them and infer your personal interests.

1.7 Contacting us by e-mail or contact form

When you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations. The same applies if you use our contact form.

To contact us in this way, you only need to provide your name and e-mail address. Further details - such as your company and telephone number - are voluntary. Data that you enter in our contact form is transmitted between your browser and our server in encrypted form (SSL). The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. It is used exclusively to process and respond to your enquiry.

2. Forwarding of data
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We only pass on the personal data collected by us to third parties if this is justified under data protection law. Specific information on the scope and recipients can be found in the above provisions. Otherwise, we only disclose your personal data to other companies and individuals that we have commissioned to fulfil individual tasks and services for us. The disclosure of your personal data to these companies is limited to what is necessary for the fulfilment of their activities.
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These companies are also bound by data protection regulations, have been carefully selected by us and are regularly monitored by us. In addition, we only pass on your personal data to third parties if we are obliged to do so by law or by court order.

3. Data security
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To protect your personal data, we take measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or destruction. However, we would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. Personal data is only stored for the period of time required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected or if this is required by law. Accordingly, personal data is routinely blocked or deleted if the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a statutory period expires.

4. Your rights / Contact
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You have the following rights vis-à-vis Solar Solutions with regard to your personal data collected by us:
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- Right to information
- Right to rectification or erasure
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to object to the processing
- Right to data portability
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If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, you can revoke this at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), you can object to the processing.
When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the following contact details.
The controller is Solar Solutions AG, Riedweg 3, 6418 Rothenthurm, Phone: +49 (0)69400500810, Fax: +49 (0)69400500819, E-Mail: privacy@solarsolutions.agYou also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.